Counterpoint SA-5000 or First Sound Presence Pre

Has anyone compared the Counterpoint to the First Sound? What did you hear?

Thanks

bigkidz03-27-2004 9:52am

bemopti123 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 303 posts 03-28-2004 at 02:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Seems to me that First Sound sounds in the league to compete with the best out there...I mean Lamm, Joule Electra among the others. Reliability is a non issue...while Counterpoint products do seem to have some sort of issues with this. Not in the same league with those that compete with First Sound.
s23chang Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 615 posts 03-28-2004 at 06:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Bemopti123, just because you never own a SA-5000 it doesn't mean that it is not as good as the other. Same goes for other 30 different top preamps that are up there and you have not heard. As far as reliability goes, we have 5 SA-5000s among our local friends and never had any issue. I had SA-2 head amp and never had any issue. Got to be open minded.
rx8man Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,355 posts 03-28-2004 at 03:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Counterpoint SA-5000 is a real sleeper, wish i'd paid more attention to it earlier, but I have a mint one now and won't let it go ! The First Sound is also a very nice preamp, but I can only use one at a time !